Not in ‘merican.Well, that might not be a huge issue, considering soccer is "football" in every language including English.
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Ohhhhhhh I see what's wrong with the Devils.
Get MacKenzie Blackwood THE FECK off that team, Fitzgerald, what the hell are you doing!?
And yes, I realize Vanecek was the guy who played the first two periods and he sucked, but Blackwood's suckiness is contagious. Get him out of there, why does NJ continue to waste their time with that moron!?
Get MacKenzie Blackwood THE FECK off that team, Fitzgerald, what the hell are you doing!?
And yes, I realize Vanecek was the guy who played the first two periods and he sucked, but Blackwood's suckiness is contagious. Get him out of there, why does NJ continue to waste their time with that moron!?
You have it worse… people insisting on people calling soccer football.
Get out.
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I wonder if Bednar being the coach of the Avs worst team ever and the Cup Champion roster is buying some of these other coaches time?
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To me, I think it's the amount of teams around the .500 mark and how very few teams seem truly out of it at this point. It'll start to happen for sure, but probably when a team expected to make the playoffs is on the brink starts to falter or get stuck around .500. I'm sure Berube's seat is getting a little toasty and DJ Smith probably sees the shadow the noose slowly approaching.
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Epic draft incoming. If you suck just embrace the situation and pray the lottery provides the golden ticket.
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Yeah i think it’s the latter. I think there’s a lot of bubble teams who could use an extra prospect to put them over the top and bad teams that could use a guy from this draft to jumpstart their rebuild. Especially someone like Detroit. If they were able to luck their way into a lottery win they’d be set up as well as any team in the league.
The two teams, who most clearly need a coaching change (Anaheim and Ottawa) are clearly budgetary issues. I don't know Columbus' status on that front, but they could be included there too... especially with the attendance drop off there. Your Vancouver, Washington, Arizona are the wait and see sort of group that might be simply okay with getting a pick. The Detroit, Florida, Philly, San Jose, and Montreal group just got new coaches and it is rare to make a change that quickly.
The Blues are probably the main outlier... underperforming relative to expectations, no budget issues, and a team that needs to win basically this year before roster issues get even worse. Kinda surprised they haven't fired Berube... but I guess a Cup buys leeway.
That's when his skating took a downturn , that's what we were talking about
They aren't making the playoffs anyways
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His skating got worse but he got better? Not that they’re necessarily tied to each other but.
I don't think Barrie was ever a phenomenal skater he was good but a couple notches down from elite. I think more than anything, the overall skating of the NHL has just gotten a crap ton better since he entered the league. The levels players are at today are just night and day compared to 2014.
Not just me! Plenty of people have pointed out he sucks for a long time now.
And no, no coach has been fired yet. Bear in mind we’re not that far removed from a regular season where no coach was fired, the first time since the expansion era. I don’t think we’ll make it that far though. Boudreau is done for, it’s just a matter of time. And sadly, I don’t think Lindy is out of the woods either. Would be nice if he could get an actual, legit starting goaltender before they swing that axe.
So you’re saying he was a lot faster his “rookie” season even though he had better seasons after that? That makes no sense.
Yes and @The Kingslayer would agree. Hos skating was never as good after the Cooke incident. Perhaps he chunked up more as well.
If he was so hobbled up as you and the perpetual reverse-jinxer seem to believe then wouldn't his point totals have gone down? They didn't. He posted 38 that season. He went on to post 53, 49, 38, 57, and 59 before he was traded. 38 is his career low, reached only twice, once in the season where, according to you he was still flying across the ice, and The Season We Don't Talk About. Even as disappointing as he was in Toronto, he still managed 39. Hell, he's already got 26 in 33 games for the Oilers THIS season in a complementary role. The only "evidence" you present is that he "looked" faster in 2013-14? I don't buy that. How is it possible he was a much better skater then, but then proceeded to blow those point totals out of the water?
It's just not true. His skating was perfectly fine, he recovered fully from that cheap shot. He didn't lose a step until much later, right around the time that most all players hit their decline.
The phrase "He was never the same after--" gets overused almost as much as "compete level." It very rarely applies in reality and there are other reasons a player hits a decline. And Barrie did not hit his decline until SIX YEARS after that incident. Your timetable makes no sense.
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That is disgusting center depth.This is how Buffalo looks at center...
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Seems like a tough sell for what would be their 3rd best dman.
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